The Horror on the Stair and Other Weird Tales

Arthur Quiller-Couch

Arthur Quiller-Couch is the author of The Horror on the Stair and Other Weird Tales.

About

The Horror on the Stair and Other Weird Tales,joshi has now collected together the finest of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch’s weird tales. They range from the gently humorous drolls “Widdershins” and “My Grandfather, Hendry Watty” to the outright horror of “The Haunted Dragoon” and “The Legend of Sir Dinar”, and include such classics of the supernatural as “A Pair of Hands”, “The Seventh Man”, and Quiller-Couch’s best-known ghost story, the haunting “The Roll-Call of the Reef”. In his introduction, Joshi discusses the author’s life and times, providing a fascinating look at this most accomplished and respected writer.

Edition Details
  • Dust Jacket illustrated by Paul Lowe.
  • This is a full clothbound edition limited to 500 copies.
Contents:
  • Introduction by Joshi
  • Psyche
  • "Doubles" and Quits
  • Old Aeson
  • A Dark Mirror
  • The Magic Shadow
  • The Haunted Dragoon
  • A Blue Pantomime
  • The Roll-Call of the Reef
  • My Grandfather, Hendry Watty
  • Widdershins
  • The Legend of Sir Dinar
  • Oceanus
  • The Seventh Man
  • The Room of Mirrors
  • A Pair of Hands
  • The Lady of the Ship
  • The Mystery of Joseph Laquedem
  • The Laird's Luck
  • Phoebus on Halzaphron
  • The Haunted Yacht
  • John and the Ghosts
  • The Talking Ships
  • The Horror on the Stair
  • The Bend of the Road
  • Mutual Exchange, Limited
  • Not Here, O Apollo!
Related Titles
Annual Macabre 2000
Annual Macabre 2000
The Cold Embrace and Other Uncollected Ghost …
The Cold Embrace and Other Uncollected Ghost …
Dark Matters
Dark Matters
The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe
The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe
In The Dark
In The Dark
The Lady Wore Black and Other Weird Cat Tails
The Lady Wore Black and Other Weird Cat Tails
External Links